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Old 04-19-2009, 01:19 PM
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Default American Le Mans - Gigliotti vette in flames
Was just watching the american le mans, and a couple minutes before the end of the race the Gigliotti car caught fire on the track. You could see flames in the car before the driver was able to stop and get out. Driver walked away thankfully, but this was crazy. Anyone else see this?
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Old 04-19-2009, 08:07 PM
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That sucks. I wonder if it was Lou or the co-driver.
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Yep I was watching the race and yeah the car literally burned to the ground, thankfully the safety crew were like johnny on the spot.
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Pretty sure it was the other driver, Boris. It was a crazy video clip seeing the car driving down the track with flames inside the car.
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Yep I was watching the race and yeah the car literally burned to the ground, thankfully the safety crew were like johnny on the spot.
Damn, thats rough. There goes ALOT of $.
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Old 04-20-2009, 09:13 AM
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wow, i was watching when he got spun out, but i must have been flipping through the channels when this happened, thankfully boris got out of the car ok
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Damn, those pictures don't even look real!
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Old 04-20-2009, 07:59 PM
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Sweet Jesus....great to know those fire suits serve a good purpose and really work
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That just sucks for Lou and his team.
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Here is the video Im pretty sure the BMW caused this when it ran into them.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/L...e-B_647649.htm
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That just ruins the whole day.
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